From orality to literacy: from collective indoctrination to personal inquiring (and now back)
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From orality to literacy: from collective indoctrination to personal inquiring (and now back)
When digital media reversed cognitive detachment into situational immersion, it set off other reversals. The structured, fixed world built by literacy reversed into a “natural” flow: the newsfeed pouring into our devices. The flow has no structure or completeness, typical of literacy. As soon as structuring, selection, and completeness are
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What defines orality as a cognitive and cultural trait is not vocal performance, but its opposition to literacy, which forms the dichotomy “environmental/tribal immersion vs. detachment.” Similar to the condition of primary orality, digital media enable environmental immersion.
Andrey Mir • The Digital Reversal. Thread-saga of Media Evolution
Changes in human organisation and in conceptions of the social order occurred
only a long time after the invention of writing. The spoken word continued to have
more force than the written word for a long period. This happened because most
people were illiterate and also the novelty of writing was so distant from their
traditional values that it... See more
only a long time after the invention of writing. The spoken word continued to have
more force than the written word for a long period. This happened because most
people were illiterate and also the novelty of writing was so distant from their
traditional values that it... See more